techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

A complement to its award-winning The World Almanac for Kids, this new database provides a wealth of elementary-level content—including illustrated articles, videos, interactives, Fun Facts, and more—in a colorful, kid-friendly format. In addition, KIBO also has a Marker Extension Set, enabling the KIBO robot to draw while moving.

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Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 67

Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Edsurge offers “A Word of Caution Before Hiring a Director of Personalized Learning.” ” Via Techcrunch : “Comparing Apple , Google and Microsoft ’s education plays.” ” asks Edsurge.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

And, in an age where teachers are being asked to shoulder an increasingly heavy load, AI-generated content can save time, unlock creativity, personalize learning, inspire joy, and ultimately make the profession more sustainable. The idea that a robot can replace teachers is laughable.

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Education Industry Company Exercises 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2017

This isn’t simply a matter of “ robots are coming for your jobs.” ” And it sure isn’t “everyone should learn nursing.” ” Everyone Should Learn to Code. . “65% of children entering primary school today will end up working in jobs that don’t exist yet.”

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Robotics Company Industry Data 63

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

“ ICE officials have invited tech companies, including Microsoft , to develop algorithms that will track visa holders’ social media activity ,” ProPublica reports. This isn’t a “meanwhile on campus story,” but I’m not sure where else to put articles about sexual harassment and sexual assault.

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Education Khan Academy Company Training 44

Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

” Via the BBC : “ Accenture and Microsoft plan digital IDs for millions of refugees.” ” The charter school, which is closing it doors, is the Merit Preparatory Charter School , run by “personalized learning” charter chain Matchbook Learning. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Education Kaplan Pearson Elsevier 53

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Not ed-tech per se (unless you recognize that “personalized learning” is greyballing), but according to The New York Times , “ Uber Faces Federal Inquiry Over Use of Greyball Tool to Evade Authorities.” Microsoft had a media event this week. Here is the Microsoft blog post announcing its new products.

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Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. “ Microsoft Hopes to Revive Its Education Tablet Efforts With the New $399 Surface Go,” says Edsurge. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. .” National) Education Politics. “Assertions that the U.S.

Education 43

Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

Hack Education

JULY 6, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Pearson today signaled an increased focus on artificial intelligence and personalized learning with the appointment of former Intel executive Milena Marinova.”

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Education Pearson MOOC Chegg 46

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

Via The Daily Times : “Blount County Schools building new options to personalize learning.” ” Boy, it seems as though “personalized learning” is really just code for “virtual charter schools.” “ Can personalized learning prevail? Contests and Awards.

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Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Via ABC News : “ A defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone magazine over the magazine’s debunked article about a University of Virginia gang rape was tossed out by a judge Tuesday. From the edX blog : “How to be a Better Learner: Determine Your Learning Style.” District Judge P. ” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

” asks WaPo’s Valerie Strauss, before reprinting an article by UVA professor Dan Willingham.). It’s a partnership with Microsoft. Via Techcrunch : “As Chromebook sales soar in schools, Apple and Microsoft fight back.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The NAACP endorses OER. No neoliberalism here.

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Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

APRIL 27, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via Chalkbeat : “Robotics is bringing Betsy DeVos to Detroit for the first time as education secretary.” All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. ”). .”

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Education Facebook Company MOOC 44

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Via Edsurge : “ ​Rhode Island ’s Plans to Become a ‘Lab State’ for Personalized Learning.” The headline touts teaching computer science without computers ; the article is better than that. Via Edsurge : “Battle of the Classrooms: Apple , Google , Microsoft Vie for K–12 Market.”

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Education Khan Academy Robotics MOOC 46

Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

” More on the Afghan robotics team in the contest section below. for Robotics Contest.” Edsurge profiles “ personalized learning ” software used in a virtual school that has some 450 incarcerated students. Via Inside Higher Ed : “ OpenStax Launches Learning Platform.”

Education 45

Education Pearson Report Robotics 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, Um, they do.) But the “spying” has continued. Chatbot Instructors.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. The 74 interviewed Sal Khan on personalized learning and his goal to create a “ global diploma ,” which he says his company can “uniquely” do. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Testing.

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Education Robotics Company OER 49

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” How a Montessori classroom of fourth graders is like an International Baccalaureate classroom is a real article – and a good demonstration of how Montessori can be reshaped to fit any agenda. National) Education Politics.

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Education MOOC Company Pearson 45

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

“ From the article that ”innovative teaching practice" appears to be project-based learning. ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Princeton University and Microsoft have joined together to file a lawsuit against President Trump’s rescinding of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

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Education Facebook Company Report 45

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

EDITED TO ADD: Apparently, The Guardian article is not quite right. ” Via McClatchy DC : “Forced to watch child porn for their job, Microsoft employees developed PTSD, they say.” Education Week has a Q&A with Stanford professor Larry Cuban on personalized learning and progressive education.

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MOOC Education Robotics Report 40

Hack Education

JUNE 22, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” After someone noticed that Microsoft had boasted that it was working with ICE , Nitasha Tiku says that “Microsoft’s Ethical Reckoning Is Here.” “ Microsoft backpedals on VR promise,” says Techcrunch.

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Education Microsoft MOOC Coursera 44

Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” And I am not even linking to the National Review article promoting this racist crap. ” “One Standardized Tests Provider Looks to Gaming and Personalized Learning to Innovate Exams” – Edsurge on ETS.

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Education Kaplan Coursera MOOC 47

Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” From the ASU website : “Panelists discuss future of personalized learning.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. National) Education Politics. Via Inside Higher Ed : “The U.S. Research from S.

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Education Pearson Edmentum lynda.com 43

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Perhaps I need to start a new section in this article where I look at these sorts of b t predictions and proclamations and cliches. ” I think many historians of ed-tech would note that this has long been the argument for teaching Microsoft productivity tools in lieu of computer science. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Education OER Pearson Report 47

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

“Can robotics teach problem solving to students?” “Learning technology once reserved for special needs students is now in everyone’s hands. “The Growing Role of Technology in Personalized Learning ,” according to KQED’s Mindshift. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

Hack Education

MAY 26, 2017

” According to this Techcrunch article , MOOCs like Udacity and Coursera weren’t working out for AirBnB so now it is “running its own internal university to teach data science.” ” ( No disclosure in this article that Edsurge shares investors with Guild Education.). Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Education Data Report Software 46